Assault Weapons Ban Of 2013 from Comrade Feinstein Website

[acg1911]

Assault Weapons Ban of 2013

Mass shootings in Newtown, Aurora, and Tucson have demonstrated all too clearly the need to regulate military-style assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines. These weapons allow a gunman to fire a large number of rounds quickly and without having to reload.

What the bill does:

The legislation bans the sale, transfer, manufacturing and importation of:
All semiautomatic rifles that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one military feature: pistol grip; forward grip; folding, telescoping, or detachable stock; grenade launcher or rocket launcher; barrel shroud; or threaded barrel.
All semiautomatic pistols that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one military feature: threaded barrel; second pistol grip; barrel shroud; capacity to accept a detachable magazine at some location outside of the pistol grip; or semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm.
All semiautomatic rifles and handguns that have a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds.
All semiautomatic shotguns that have a folding, telescoping, or detachable stock; pistol grip; fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 5 rounds; ability to accept a detachable magazine; forward grip; grenade launcher or rocket launcher; or shotgun with a revolving cylinder.
All ammunition feeding devices (magazines, strips, and drums) capable of accepting more than 10 rounds.
157 specifically-named firearms (listed at the end of this page).

The legislation excludes the following weapons from the bill:
Any weapon that is lawfully possessed at the date of the bill’s enactment;
Any firearm manually operated by a bolt, pump, lever or slide action;
Assault weapons used by military, law enforcement, and retired law enforcement; and
Antique weapons.

The legislation protects hunting and sporting firearms:
The bill excludes 2,258 legitimate hunting and sporting rifles and shotguns by specific make and model.

The legislation strengthens the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and state bans by:
Moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test.
The bill also makes the ban harder to evade by eliminating the easy-to-remove bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from the characteristics test.
Banning dangerous aftermarket modifications and workarounds.
Bump or slide fire stocks, which are modified stocks that enable semi-automatic weapons to fire at rates similar to fully automatic machine guns.
So-called “bullet buttons” that allow the rapid replacement of ammunition magazines, frequently used as a workaround to prohibitions on detachable magazines.
Thumbhole stocks, a type of stock that was created as a workaround to avoid prohibitions on pistol grips.
Adding a ban on the importation of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.
Eliminating the 10-year sunset that allowed the original federal ban to expire.

The legislation addresses the millions of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines currently in existence by:
Requiring a background check on all sales or transfers of a grandfathered assault weapon.
This background check can be run through the FBI or, if a state chooses, initiated with a state agency, as with the existing background check system.
Prohibiting the sale or transfer of large-capacity ammunition feeding devices lawfully possessed on the date of enactment of the bill.
Allowing states and localities to use federal Byrne JAG grant funds to conduct a voluntary buy-back program for grandfathered assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices.
Imposing a safe storage requirement for grandfathered firearms, to keep them away from prohibited persons.
Requiring that assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices manufactured after the date of the bill’s enactment be engraved with the serial number and date of manufacture of the weapon

Assault weapon bans have been proven to be effective

The 1994 Assault Weapons Ban was effective at reducing crime and getting these military-style weapons off our streets. Since the ban expired, more than 350 people have been killed and more than 450 injured by these weapons.
A Justice Department study of the assault weapons ban found that it was responsible for a 6.7% decrease in total gun murders, holding all other factors equal.
Source: Jeffrey A. Roth & Christopher S. Koper, “Impact Evaluation of the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act of 1994,” (March 1997).
The same study also found that “Assault weapons are disproportionately involved in murders with multiple victims, multiple wounds per victim, and police officers as victims.”
The use of assault weapons in crime declined by more than two-thirds by about nine years after 1994 Assault Weapons Ban took effect.
Source: Christopher S. Koper, “An Updated Assessment of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban: Impacts on Gun Markets and Gun Violence, 1994-2003” (June 2004), University of Pennsylvania, Report to the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice.
The percentage of firearms seized by police in Virginia that had high-capacity magazines dropped significantly during the ban. That figure has doubled since the ban expired.
Source: David S. Fallis and James V. Grimaldi, “In Virginia, high-yield clip seizures rise,” Washington Post, at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 04046.html
When Maryland imposed a more stringent ban on assault pistols and high-capacity magazines in 1994, it led to a 55% drop in assault pistols recovered by the Baltimore Police Department.
Source: Douglas S. Weil & Rebecca C. Knox, Letter to the Editor, The Maryland Ban on the Sale of Assault Pistols and High-Capacity Magazines: Estimating the Impact in Baltimore, 87 Am. J. of Public Health 2, Feb. 1997.
37% of police departments reported seeing a noticeable increase in criminals’ use of assault weapons since the 1994 federal ban expired.
Source: Police Executive Research Forum, Guns and Crime: Breaking New Ground by Focusing on the Local Impact (May 2010).  

List of firearms prohibited by name

Rifles: All AK types, including the following: AK, AK47, AK47S, AK–74, AKM, AKS, ARM, MAK90, MISR, NHM90, NHM91, Rock River Arms LAR–47, SA85, SA93, Vector Arms AK–47, VEPR, WASR–10, and WUM, IZHMASH Saiga AK, MAADI AK47 and ARM, Norinco 56S, 56S2, 84S, and 86S, Poly Technologies AK47 and AKS; All AR types, including the following: AR–10, AR–15, Armalite M15 22LR Carbine, Armalite M15–T, Barrett REC7, Beretta AR–70, Bushmaster ACR, Bushmaster Carbon 15, Bushmaster MOE series, Bushmaster XM15, Colt Match Target Rifles, DoubleStar AR rifles, DPMS Tactical Rifles, Heckler & Koch MR556, Olympic Arms, Remington R–15 rifles, Rock River Arms LAR–15, Sig Sauer SIG516 rifles, Smith & Wesson M&P15 Rifles, Stag Arms AR rifles, Sturm, Ruger & Co. SR556 rifles; Barrett M107A1; Barrett M82A1; Beretta CX4 Storm; Calico Liberty Series; CETME Sporter; Daewoo K–1, K–2, Max 1, Max 2, AR 100, and AR 110C; Fabrique Nationale/FN Herstal FAL, LAR, 22 FNC, 308 Match, L1A1 Sporter, PS90, SCAR, and FS2000; Feather Industries AT–9; Galil Model AR and Model ARM; Hi-Point Carbine; HK–91, HK–93, HK–94, HK–PSG–1 and HK USC; Kel-Tec Sub–2000, SU–16, and RFB; SIG AMT, SIG PE–57, Sig Sauer SG 550, and Sig Sauer SG 551; Springfield Armory SAR–48; Steyr AUG; Sturm, Ruger Mini-14 Tactical Rife M–14/20CF; All Thompson rifles, including the following: Thompson M1SB, Thompson T1100D, Thompson T150D, Thompson T1B, Thompson T1B100D, Thompson T1B50D, Thompson T1BSB, Thompson T1–C, Thompson T1D, Thompson T1SB, Thompson T5, Thompson T5100D, Thompson TM1, Thompson TM1C; UMAREX UZI Rifle; UZI Mini Carbine, UZI Model A Carbine, and UZI Model B Carbine; Valmet M62S, M71S, and M78; Vector Arms UZI Type; Weaver Arms Nighthawk; Wilkinson Arms Linda Carbine.

Pistols: All AK–47 types, including the following: Centurion 39 AK pistol, Draco AK–47 pistol, HCR AK–47 pistol, IO Inc. Hellpup AK–47 pistol, Krinkov pistol, Mini Draco AK–47 pistol, Yugo Krebs Krink pistol; All AR–15 types, including the following: American Spirit AR–15 pistol, Bushmaster Carbon 15 pistol, DoubleStar Corporation AR pistol, DPMS AR–15 pistol, Olympic Arms AR–15 pistol, Rock River Arms LAR 15 pistol; Calico Liberty pistols; DSA SA58 PKP FAL pistol; Encom MP–9 and MP–45; Heckler & Koch model SP-89 pistol; Intratec AB–10, TEC–22 Scorpion, TEC–9, and TEC–DC9; Kel-Tec PLR 16 pistol; The following MAC types: MAC–10, MAC–11; Masterpiece Arms MPA A930 Mini Pistol, MPA460 Pistol, MPA Tactical Pistol, and MPA Mini Tactical Pistol; Military Armament Corp. Ingram M–11, Velocity Arms VMAC; Sig Sauer P556 pistol; Sites Spectre; All Thompson types, including the following: Thompson TA510D, Thompson TA5; All UZI types, including: Micro-UZI.

Shotguns: Franchi LAW–12 and SPAS 12; All IZHMASH Saiga 12 types, including the following: IZHMASH Saiga 12, IZHMASH Saiga 12S, IZHMASH Saiga 12S EXP–01, IZHMASH Saiga 12K, IZHMASH Saiga 12K–030, IZHMASH Saiga 12K–040 Taktika; Streetsweeper; Striker 12.

Belt-fed semiautomatic firearms: All belt-fed semiautomatic firearms including TNW M2HB.



Hi Point Carbines and Mini 14s (and others) are AKs? Who Knew? Belt Fed? I have an ammo belt for my Marlin 357. Does that make it belt fed? I also have a BBQ grill lighter that looks like an AR15. Will it fall under NFA? Also, again with the retired law enforcement exemptions. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot..over.

[ROFuher]

Will Glocks & Berettas be swept up in "semi-automatic versions of fully-automatic pistols", or is an exemption already in there?

[acg1911]

I have not seen the list of exempted guns. My guess is that it does not contain any semi autos or handguns.

[acg1911]

I have an idea...
If you go to a church that supports this crap, stop paying tithes and tell them why.

If you or your children plan on enlisting or attending college under ROTC, do not do it and tell them why. By the way, any service member who sees a psychiatrist for anything should be very afraid of the executive order pertaining to mental defects.

If you shop at a retail store that supports this, stop and tell them why.

If you do not give money to a progun organization, you should start. I reluctantly send money to the NRA, because they are the most powerful (not the most principled). Lets not forget the JPFO, GOA etc.

Most importantly, email your reps. It's easy. They may not be gun people, but they do want to keep their cushy job. Most of them remember losing colleagues from congress as a result of rhe 94 ban..

[jreinke]

Why the F--k are RETIRED COPS exempt? They're RETIRED, in other words, just average joe citizen. That's bullshit!

BTW, I'm not bashing LE, so don't even go there.

[Bone16]

Why the F--k are RETIRED COPS exempt? They're RETIRED, in other words, just average joe citizen. That's bullshit!

BTW, I'm not bashing LE, so don't even go there.

What about retired warrant officers, can we bash them????

[continuity]

Why the F--k are RETIRED COPS exempt? They're RETIRED, in other words, just average joe citizen. That's bullshit!

BTW, I'm not bashing LE, so don't even go there.

Your point is well taken. I've been told so many times someone is gonna hunt me down and kill me I've lost track. When I retire those threats are not gonna magically decide to leave me alone.

Having said that, it shouldn't come to that. The need for the subject exemption should never even be a part of any legislation.

[acg1911]

Why the F--k are RETIRED COPS exempt? They're RETIRED, in other words, just average joe citizen. That's bullshit!

BTW, I'm not bashing LE, so don't even go there.

It keeps the politicians from alienating the cop unions. They need those police commanders standing next to them at the press conferences. You know, the ones with 4x8 table holding the single barrel shotgun being held together by duct tape, and the Lorcin 380.

[Alael]

I received message from a Libertarian site which worries me about this AWB:
"In case you don't know it, the democrats are in heaven. They're everywhere on TV smiling and cheering that Obama's gun-control proposal has a big chance to pass the Congress. "

What is your feeling about it?

[Bendersquint]

Why the F--k are RETIRED COPS exempt? They're RETIRED, in other words, just average joe citizen. That's bullshit!

BTW, I'm not bashing LE, so don't even go there.

What about retired warrant officers, can we bash them????

There is ALWAYS room to bash a Warrant!

[acg1911]

I received message from a Libertarian site which worries me about this AWB:
"In case you don't know it, the democrats are in heaven. They're everywhere on TV smiling and cheering that Obama's gun-control proposal has a big chance to pass the Congress. "

What is your feeling about it?

The Democrats are not the ones to worry about. We know where the Feinsteins, Boxers, Schumers and Bidens stand. It is the so-called Republicans, the ones who the NRA didn't take out to lunch, who will be the problem.

Then again, there may be enough Democrat politicians who remember the Republicans gaining the House and Senate in 96 because of the Democrats' support of the 94 ban.

You probably know that so-called conservatives like GW Bush and Bob Dole both expressed support of the AWB. Even Reagan supported gun control. The FOPA of 86 is why there are so few transferrable MGs. GHW Bush is the reason there is such a thing as a MAK 90. He liked executive orders too.

Not to get too far off topic, but Orin Hatch (R) introduced a bill strikingly similar to the Affordable Health Care Act around 94. People were not too upset. Apparently tyranny is ok if it's your guy or party wielding the power. I don't mean you personally.

Unless we can start gettting the NRA and other pro-gun groups to support real pro-gun candidates (Libertarians) instead of fakes like Romney, we are probably only delaying gun control instead of stopping it. Unfortunately the NRA and Republicans are joined at the hip.
(Then again, the NRA would probably shrivel to a remnant of its current self if Libertarians were in power. How successful would their fearmongering be if there were no threats to gun rights. Oops, did i just type that. I think Wayne's gunship is inbound. Good thing it is armed only with that over/under shotgun he always poses with. Did he borrow that gun from John Kerry?)

What we need to ask ourselves is.. Do we favor freedom? Or do we favor our own idea of freedom? Alabama's Senators support gun rights, but they also support the Patriot Act and other domestic spying (a bigger threat to liberty than a 10 round mag limit).

Me? I think two men (or women) should be able to get married and carry an MG. Drugs should be legal. Gambling and prostitution too. But I am a lonely person at dinner parties and family reunions.

[Alael]

You are right Acg1911: the question is not to make this country Blue or Red but to take it UP or DOWN..

Dem or GOP, the last 2 prez seem openly taking this country DOWN... "O" continue the work "W" started and he will go further.

Its a political principle described by Machiavelli since 1519-1520 (in his book "The Art of War", not the same "The Art of War "written by Sun Tzu): " the king of France has disarmed his people so he can rule without resistance".
An whatever political party you are, when you got the power you are tempted to rule without resistance.
A give tribute to Dems politicians who stand for the 2nd Amendment..sure that they are made feel that they are some kind of traitors by their party leaders, Harry, Nancy, Joe and "O".

[jreinke]

There is ALWAYS room to bash a Warrant!

Ya all are giving me a Rodney Dangerfield complex here!

[Bendersquint]

There is ALWAYS room to bash a Warrant!

Ya all are giving me a Rodney Dangerfield complex here!

Nonesense.

[Bone16]

There is ALWAYS room to bash a Warrant!

Ya all are giving me a Rodney Dangerfield complex here!

Here jreinke, fill this out in triplicate and submit it through the proper channels:

[silencertalk]

CSPAN live now - hearings.

VT Patrick Leahey actually said out loud that we have to make laws to ensure that this will never happen again. Is he that stupid, or just thinks we are that stupid? In a large and free society, you cannot stop occasional bad things from happening.

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Grassley is not a good speaker!

Mark Kelly - called cartridges "bullets." So obviously not a gun person.

[silencertalk]

David Kopel is good.

Calls 30 round magazines "standard capacity."

Someone needs to tell CDNN to stop calling normal mags "hicaps."

[silencertalk]

Gayle Trotter is awesome.

[L1A1Rocker]

What the bill does:

The legislation bans the sale, transfer, manufacturing and importation of:

In other words, it CONFISCATES all these firearms after the registered owner dies. This is a confiscation bill, NOT a ban bill.

[silencertalk]

Gayle Trotter - she said to please support a woman's right to choose their weapon, an AR-15.

For the win!

She should have said that collapsible stocks are needed by women to adjust the length of pul.

DIFI is showing the SlideFire...

[silencertalk]

Kopel is awesome.

10 round magazine limits are unconstitutional because up to 19 rounds are common for handguns, and up to 30 rounds are common for rifles.

So a reasonable limit does not include what is commonly used.

[silencertalk]

Dave Kopel - hero.
Gayle - hero.
Lynsey Graham - great job.
Mike Lee - great job.

[L1A1Rocker]

So a reasonable limit does not include what is commonly used.

That tracks with the Heller decision. Commonality is one of the factors to be used in evaluating the constitutionality of arms.

[L1A1Rocker]

Lynsey Graham - great job.

That suprises me. I guess I should have watched.